Book 7, Chapter 90: A New God (1/2)

Within the Tes like this After all, they were all quite busy What was the point of su them all here just to hold a pointless discussion?

Unfortunately, sos were simply impossible not to hold

The Moon Goddess was once again sitting at the front of the hall, and she began the discussion “Over the course of this past year, I have lost about five percent of my worshi+ppers”

The Mother Goddess added, “I as well”

The Lord of the Dreamrealm said, “I lost ten percent”

The Lord of the Dreamrealm had it worse than the rest of theeting hie, but rather because the Shadowless Sky Church originated in Lionheart City, which was part of his territory Bannister and the other bishops had utilized their connections with the people they knew there to enhance their numbers This was also why he had been the first God to discover this issue

After the three leaders spoke, the Barbarian God and the others also began to report how many worshi+ppers they had lost in the past year

Each God had lost around the same amount of worshi+ppers — around five percent

Their total losses, however, were roughly equivalent to the total number of worshi+ppers of one of the three leaders

This was inconceivable

In Kun’s territory, conversion was a common occurrence Soe their religious allegiance The Twilight of the Gods was even rooted in this competition over a lie nu Gods had discovered that there was enough divine power to divide ast themselves and at least ensure survival for thereed to a treaty

Of course, this treaty only applied to the Gods Their creatures were still free to do as they pleased, so ould still occur fro as the Gods were not affected, they would not interfere

Under these circumstances, the loss of a few believers from time to time was quite normal, and it was normal for their numbers to fluctuate Typically, they could be confident that as lost would be regained with time And since the Barrier was about to completely collapse, none of the Gods had any interest in overly worrying about their worshi+ppers

The fact that each and every one of them had lost around five percent of their worshi+ppers, however,was up A loss of this scale over the course of a year was extremely abnormal

More inificant increase

In so was unavoidable

“Could it be that the world below is in chaos and that many people have died?”

“That is a possibility The Barbarians appear to be invading huue, keep a closer eye on your brood Don’t let the up trouble in this crucial ti my faith, so how could I possibly tell them to stop? Also, the Eternal Treaty has no provisions for this situation”

“The Barbarians’ activity alone cannot explain this Their invasion is not affecting my territory”

The Gods continued to converse ast the voices

In the end, it was the Mother Goddess who silenced the has it been since you all last looked at as going on in the world below?”

All of the Gods si was not an easy task, it wasn’t as if they had no other way of finding out as going on in the world below

Each God had a corresponding statue, upon which they could imprint a seal and hear the prayers of their believers

In some sense, the Gods were omniscient, because wherever their believers went, they could discover as happening there

Unfortunately, the truth was often disappointing

The Gods in fact did not choose to do so

Most of the ti

Why not?

Was that even a question that needed to be asked?

What could their worshi+ppers possibly be praying about?

“God, please save my child”

“God, I have been treated unfairly What should I do?”

“God, ould they treat me like this? Why would you punish th”

“God, give me wealth”

“God, I want……”

“I want……”

“I want……”

Unceasing, and without end

Almost all of their worshi+ppers’ prayers were requests of this fashi+on

If you were a God, ould you do when faced with this veritable sea of requests?

Would you grow impatient and think to yourself, Is this all they kno to do?

Would you feel hatred? They’re supposed to be supporting usted? They’re as annoying as a swarnore the, but they still believe in me If that’s the case, then why should I ever listen to them?

This was exactly how the Gods saw their believers

After growing sick of the countless requests that their worshi+ppersthat their worshi+ppers would still believe in thean to tune out their pleas

It was already considered caring for a God to listen to their believers’ prayers every ten years and respond once every hundred

In any case, as long as nothing too pressing was taking place, the Gods would just ignore their worshi+ppers

Unless their worshi+ppers suddenly started disappearing, that is

Only then would the Gods begin to panic and wonder when they had last heard their worshi+ppers’ prayers

The Mother Goddess was specifically pointing this out

The Gods all glanced at each other before they realized that all of their worshi+ppers seeo and take a look” In the end, it was the Moon Goddess who took the initiative to descend

The prayers of the Moon Goddess Church’s folloere finally answered The Archbishop was an oldwas quite confusing